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Volume 5, Issue 2 of Illinois studies in the social sciences, ISSN 0073-5183. Volume 5 of Studies in Social Sciences. The Life of Jesse W. Fell, Frances Milton Irene Morehouse. Volume 5, Issue 2 of University of Illinois studies in the social sciences, ISSN 1048-9975. Author. Frances Milton Irene Morehouse. Publisher. University of Illinois, 1916.
Jesse Weldon Fell was born on November 10, 1808 to Jesse Fell and Rebecca Roman Fell at his father's farm in New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was a fourth generation Pennsylvanian, his great-grandfather having arrived from England in 1705. He was the third of nine children in a Quaker family. His father farmed and was a hat ...
Jesse W. Fell (November 10, 1808 – February 25, 1887) was an American businessman and landowner. He was instrumental in the founding of Illinois State University as well as Normal, Pontiac, Clinton, Towanda, Dwight, DeWitt County and Livingston County in Central Illinois. He was also the founder of the newspaper The Pantagraph. As a close friend of Abraham Lincoln, it was Fell who urged him ...
It's probably not an exaggeration to say if Jesse Fell and Abraham Lincoln had not met, Illinois State University wouldn't exist. The pair roomed together in the 1830s in Vandalia—then Illinois' capital. Both lawyers, they shared a mutual interest in education and connections to the booming railroad industry.
To Jesse W. Fell, Enclosing Autobiography1 Jump to section. J. W. Fell, Esq Springfield, My dear Sir: Dec. 20. 1859 . Herewith is a little sketch, as you requested. There is not much of it, for the reason, I suppose, that there is not much of me. If any t ...
- Jesse Fell to Abraham Lincoln, 1858 Met Abraham Lincoln in 1834 while lobbying for the annexation of McLean County in the former state capital, Vandalia. Fell and James Allin helped produce Bloomington’s first newspaper, The Bloomington Observer and McLean County Advocate in 1836.
4. Jan. 2024 · The Jesse W. Fell Scholarship is Illlinois State University’s most prestigious award available to new freshmen. Freshmen who meet the criteria for the Fell Scholarship and apply for admission by the priority deadline of November 1 will be invited to apply for this award via email. Students must submit their scholarship applications by December 15th, and can renew the scholarship for up to ...
